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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1885
Page
14
Om1o wool growers seek united protection from revenue tariffs and oppose the Spanish treaty as harmful to rice sugar and tobacco. The era brings crime, weather woes, and looming political shifts as Alabama faces devastating cyclones and Texas predicts a strong crop future. Obituary notes in New Orleans and a sudden Schuyler Colfax death add to a broad, unsettled news cycle.
A survey of Galveston s wharf plans and the Aransas Pass railroad proposal dominates local discourse. Proponents argue the railway could unlock deep Gulf water, spur San Antonio routes, and create a free port, while critics fear Galveston would profit less. The piece notes national crime statistics and a cautious market outlook, urging patience as spring renews capital and confidence in broader growth.
A collage of old patent medicines and tonics praised for headaches chills ague and general health. Morley’s T X Sliver Pills and T X Sliver Tonics sold by Kalteyer plus OricontO for teeth whitening, Kentucky Kondition powders for poultry, Dr. Haines Golden Specific for drunkenness, Creole Female Tonic, Wonder Fool Right for cattle Black Leg, Bosanko Cough and Lung Syrup, various salves and piles remedies. Also mentions Rice Bros Co and others as sellers.
Advertisements claim Electric Bitters cure Bright's disease diabetes and urinary complaints, purify the blood and regulate bowels, with a guarantee and 50 cent price. Also tout Dr King’s New Discovery for throat and lungs, trial bottle free, plus coal and farm sale notices and an art gallery listing in San Antonio.
W. H. Ware of 24 Acequia street, an elderly physician forced to retire, sought care in the city. After consulting a leading specialist, his doubt faded as Dr. Weathers treated him successfully, earning praise from Cureton of No 4 Acequia street for corroborating the account.
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